2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put

The women's shot put at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on August 16. Having set a world-leading and Oceanian record of 20.69 m in May, Valerie Vili was a strong favourite and defending champion.^[1] The seven best marks of the season all belonged to Vili,^[2] and only Anna Avdeyeva and Natallia Mikhnevich had thrown further than twenty metres that season. Former world champion Nadezhda Ostapchuk, Olympic medallist Nadine Kleinert and Gong Lijiao were other athletes who had a chance of reaching the podium.^[1]

Home competitor Kleinert took an early lead with a new personal best of 20.06 m. In the second round, Gong moved up into second place with 19.89 m, a personal best that eventually won her the bronze medal. Vili responded with 20.25 m in the third round, and Kleinert also improved to 20.20 m. Vili proved superior, however, throwing over twenty metres three more times and finishing with a best of 20.44 m. This gave Vili her second World Championships gold medal. Avdeyeva and Mikhnevich rounded out the top five, both with 19.66 m marks.^[3]

Medalists

Gold	Valerie Vili New Zealand (NZL)
Silver	Nadine Kleinert Germany (GER)
Bronze	Gong Lijiao China (CHN)

Records

World record	Natalya Lisovskaya (URS)	22.63	Moscow, Soviet Union	7 June 1987
Championship record	Natalya Lisovskaya (URS)	21.24	Rome, Italy	5 September 1987
World leading	Valerie Vili (NZL)	20.69	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	17 May 2009
African record	Vivian Chukwuemeka (NGR)	18.35	Ijebu Ode, Nigeria	17 April 2006
Asian record	Li Meisu (CHN)	21.76	Shijiazhuang, China	23 April 1988
North American record	Belsy Laza (CUB)	20.96	Mexico City, Mexico	2 May 1992
South American record	Elisângela Adriano (BRA)	19.30	Tunja, Colombia	14 July 2001
European Record	Natalya Lisovskaya (URS)	22.63	Moscow, Soviet Union	7 June 1987
Oceanian Record	Valerie Vili (NZL)	20.69	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	17 May 2009

Qualification standards

A standard	B standard
18.20m	17.20m

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
August 16, 2009	10:05	Qualification
August 16, 2009	20:20	Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 18.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
1	B	Valerie Vili	New Zealand (NZL)	19.70			19.70	Q
2	B	Nadine Kleinert	Germany (GER)	18.38	x	19.36	19.36	Q
3	A	Natallia Mikhnevich	Belarus (BLR)	19.12			19.12	Q
4	B	Gong Lijiao	China (CHN)	19.08			19.08	Q
5	A	Anna Avdeyeva	Russia (RUS)	18.45	18.31	18.92	18.92	Q
6	A	Denise Hinrichs	Germany (GER)	18.69			18.69	Q
7	B	Misleydis González	Cuba (CUB)	18.62			18.62	Q
8	A	Li Meiju	China (CHN)	18.53			18.53	Q
9	B	Michelle Carter	United States (USA)	17.43	18.07	18.44	18.44	q
10	A	Christina Schwanitz	Germany (GER)	18.25	x	18.11	18.25	q
11	A	Mailín Vargas	Cuba (CUB)	18.14	17.95	17.98	18.14	q
12	B	Liu Xiangrong	China (CHN)	x	17.97	18.10	18.10	q
13	B	Cleopatra Borel-Brown	Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)	17.19	17.31	17.99	17.99
14	B	Mariam Kevkhishvili	Georgia (GEO)	17.95	17.68	17.75	17.95
15	A	Anca Heltne	Romania (ROM)	17.92	17.82	17.69	17.92
16	A	Chiara Rosa	Italy (ITA)	17.89	x	x	17.89
17	A	Austra Skujytė	Lithuania (LTU)	x	17.52	17.86	17.86	PB
18	B	Yaniuvis López	Cuba (CUB)	17.71	17.65	x	17.71
19	B	Natalia Duco	Chile (CHI)	17.61	17.45	17.43	17.61
20	B	Jessica Cérival	France (FRA)	17.06	16.90	17.30	17.30
21	A	Laurence Manfredi	France (FRA)	17.04	x	17.25	17.25
22	A	Helena Engman	Sweden (SWE)	17.19	x	x	17.19
23	A	Jillian Camarena	United States (USA)	16.92	x	x	16.92
24	B	Anita Márton	Hungary (HUN)	15.99	16.80	16.76	16.80
25	B	Leila Rajabi	Iran (IRI)	16.12	16.60	x	16.60
26	B	'Ana Po'uhila	Tonga (TGA)	15.50	x	16.09	16.09
27	A	Annie Alexander	Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)	16.01	15.82	x	16.01
28	A	Kristin Heaston	United States (USA)	x	x	14.98	14.98

Key: PB = Personal best, Q = qualification by place in heat, q = qualification by overall place

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Valerie Vili	New Zealand (NZL)	19.40	x	20.25	20.16	20.44	20.25	20.44
	Nadine Kleinert	Germany (GER)	20.06	19.52	20.20	19.61	x	x	20.20	PB
	Gong Lijiao	China (CHN)	19.69	19.89	19.68	19.75	x	x	19.89	PB
4	Natallia Mikhnevich	Belarus (BLR)	19.66	X	19.27	19.51	x	x	19.66
5	Anna Avdeyeva	Russia (RUS)	18.66	18.78	19.48	19.66	x	x	19.66
6	Michelle Carter	United States (USA)	x	18.93	18.96	x	18.30	x	18.96
7	Li Meiju	China (CHN)	18.76	18.35	18.66	x	x	x	18.76
8	Misleydis González	Cuba (CUB)	18.73	18.57	x	18.60	18.74	18.43	18.74
9	Mailín Vargas	Cuba (CUB)	18.67	18.10	18.11				18.67
10	Liu Xiangrong	China (CHN)	18.52	x	16.79				18.52
11	Denise Hinrichs	Germany (GER)	18.30	18.39	x				18.39
12	Christina Schwanitz	Germany (GER)	17.84	x	x				17.84

Key: PB = Personal best

References

General

Shot put results (Archived 2009-09-08). IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-16.

Specific

^ ^a ^b Mulkeen, Jon (2009-08-09). Women's Shot Put - PREVIEW Archived 2012-08-17 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-17.
^ Shot Put 2009. IAAF (2008-08-16). Retrieved on 2009-08-17.
^ Mulkeen, Jon (2009-08-16). Event Report - Women's Shot Put Final Archived 2012-03-25 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-17.

[Mulkeen1-1] Mulkeen, Jon (2009-08-09). Women's Shot Put - PREVIEW Archived 2012-08-17 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-17.

[2] Shot Put 2009. IAAF (2008-08-16). Retrieved on 2009-08-17.

[3] Mulkeen, Jon (2009-08-16). Event Report - Women's Shot Put Final Archived 2012-03-25 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-17.

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